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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There ought to be music," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is the United States mail, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We will understand that the coach has stopped for a few minutes." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He's goin' to steal the mail box now! whispered Flossie to Freddie." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope Sable won't fall or anything." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hurrah! hurrah!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well done!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Couldn't be better!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "One more number, called Bert." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The chariot race." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "One, two, three!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ready! Set! Go!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Go it, green!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pass him, orange!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "One! called Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We will have ten rounds." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Two!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll put a dollar on green, called Mr. Bobbsey." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "For the fresh-air fund." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'll put one on orange, called Uncle Daniel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We will take all the money you want to give us, said Bert," }, { "from": "human", "value": "All ready!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Go it, green!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Go it, orange!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Foul!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Back! back!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hurrah for Nero! called everybody." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Somebody dropped a two-dollar bill in the ticket box, August told his companions." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then there were the other two dollars from the race, besides some fifty-cent pieces I don't know who gave. Of course we couldn't make all that just on five-and ten-cent seats. And I took in two dollars on the peanuts besides." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, we're all satisfied, said Harry." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And I guess everybody had a good time." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sure they did, spoke up Tom," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Did you ever try smoking?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No! answered Bert in surprise." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Father wouldn't let me smoke." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Neither would pa, said Harry," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I suppose that is not as bad as tobacco," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, answered Harry," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've got some soft paper," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There! exclaimed Harry, giving the ends of the cigarette a twist." }, { "from": "human", "value": "How is that?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pretty good, answered Bert;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Let's try it!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not in the hay, exclaimed Bert;" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Kinder strong, he spluttered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You try it!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ouch! he exclaimed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tastes like old shoes!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "I hope it went out," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If it didn't it's under the hay, said Harry, somewhat alarmed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I guess it's out." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My, look at the storm coming! Bert exclaimed suddenly." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We ought to help John with that load of hay." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All right, said Harry," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "All ready! called John," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There's smoke!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The barn is afire!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Quick! quick!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The hose! called John, seeing flames now shoot out of the barn windows," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Get the hose, Harry; it's in the coach house. I'll get a bucket while you attach the hose." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, mercy! cried Aunt Sarah." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Our whole barn will be burned." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Where's the firemen!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The firemen!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There are no firemen in the country, Freddie, Nan told him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We have to put the fire out ourselves." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We can't then, he went on," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The rain! exclaimed Uncle Daniel at last," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The rain may put it out; we can't." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "How could it have caught fire?" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's going out! exclaimed Harry." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, I hope it keeps on raining!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "It's out! called John, a little later." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That was a lucky storm for us." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It almost caught my pigeon coop!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The entire back of this barn will have to be rebuilt, said Uncle Daniel." }, { "from": "human", "value": "John, are you sure you didn't drop a match in the hay?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Positive, sir! answered John." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I never use a match while I'm working. Didn't even have one in my clothes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Father! said Harry bravely, but with tears in his eyes." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It was our fault; we set the barn afire!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What! exclaimed Uncle Daniel in surprise." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You boys set the barn afire!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, spoke up Bert." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It was mostly my fault. I threw the cigarette away and we couldn't find it." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Cigarette! exclaimed Uncle Daniel." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What!--you boys smoking!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come with me! Uncle Daniel said;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now, Harry, stop your crying, and tell me about it," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Uncle Daniel, he cried," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It was I who rolled the cigarette, father, and it was awful, it almost made us sick. Then when Bert put it in his mouth--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I threw it away and it must have fallen in the hay!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why didn't you come and tell me? questioned Uncle Daniel severely." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It was bad enough to do all that, but worse to take the risk of fire!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, the storm was coming, Harry answered," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now, boys, said Uncle Daniel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I bet I'll never smoke again as long as I live," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Neither will I, Bert said firmly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All right, answered Uncle Daniel," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm sure you mean that, and don't forget to thank the Lord to-night for helping us as He did. And you must ask His pardon too for doing wrong, remember." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The gate at the sawmill dam is closed, Harry told Bert," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That would be dangerous, wouldn't it?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Very, replied Harry." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Peter Burns' house is right in line with the dam at the other side of the plank, and if the dam should ever burst that house would be swept away." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And the barn and henhouse are nearer the pond than the house even! Bert remarked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It would be an awful loss for a poor man." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Let's go up in the attic and see how high the pond is," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My! Bert exclaimed;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, it is, Harry replied." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You see, all the streams from the mountains wash into this pond, and in a big storm like this it gets very dangerous." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why do they build houses in such dangerous places?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, you see, that house of Burns' has stood there maybe one hundred years--long before any dam was put in the pond to work the sawmill," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, that's it--is it? Bert replied." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought it was queer to put houses right in line with a dam." }, { "from": "human", "value": "See how strong the water is getting, went on Harry." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Look at that big log floating down." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It will be fun when it stops raining, remarked Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We can sail things almost anywhere." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, I've seen the pond come right up across the road down at Hopkins' once, Harry told his cousins." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That was when it had rained a whole week without stopping." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Say, called Dinah from the foot of the stairs." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You boys up there better get your boots on and look after that Frisky cow. John's gone off somewhere, and dat calf am crying herself sick out in de barn. Maybe she a-gettin' drownded." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sure enough, she is getting drownded!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Where is all the water coming from?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I don't know, Harry answered," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is there any way of letting it out?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We can open all the faucets, besides dipping out pailfuls, said Harry." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I wish John would get back." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "It has gone down already, said Harry, as they looked into the tank again." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But we had better dip out all we can, to make sure. Lucky we found it as soon as we did, for there are all father's tools on the bench right under the tank, besides all those new paints that have just been opened." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Here comes John now," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come up here, John! called Harry;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "It did! exclaimed John." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Gracious! I hope nothing is spoiled." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, we just caught it in tine, Harry told him," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You were smart boys this time, John told him," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm glad we are up high," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hey, John! called Freddie from the back porch." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hey, bring me some more nails, will you? I need them for my ark." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He's building an ark! laughed Bert." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Guess we'll need it all right if this keeps on." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "How's that?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I guess that will float, said Bert," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm going to make a regular ark like the play one I've got home, said Freddie," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Old Bill. We'll need a horse to tow us back when the water goes down," }, { "from": "human", "value": "My, but it does rain!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They can't open the gates, Uncle Daniel told Aunt Sarah." }, { "from": "human", "value": "They let the water get so high the planks sailed away and now they can't get near the dam." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That is bad for the poor Burns family! exclaimed Aunt Sarah." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I had better have John drive me down and see if they need anything." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I stopped in on my way up, Uncle Daniel told her," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why don't they go to the gates in a boat?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, my dear boy, said Uncle Daniel," }, { "from": "human", "value": "You see, said Harry, explaining it further," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And if there is too much pressure against the stone wall that makes the dam, the wall may be carried away. That's what we call the dam bursting," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Uncle Daniel! exclaimed Freddie, just then running up from the cellar." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come and see my ark! It's most done, and I'm going to put all the animals and things in it to save them from the flood." }, { "from": "human", "value": "An ark! exclaimed his uncle, laughing." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, you're a sensible little fellow to build an ark to-day, Freddie, for we will surely need one if this keeps up," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "I will stay as long as I can, she told Uncle Daniel." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have lived here many a year, and that dam has not broken yet, so I'm not going to give up hope now!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "But you could hardly get out in time should it break, insisted Uncle Daniel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Two o'clock-and--all is--well! Mrs. Burns would look up and say," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Dear Lord, I thank Thee!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Four o'clock--the water rises!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Here, Mary! called Peter Burns at the door of their little home," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, my babies' pictures! she cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My dear babies! I must have them." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It's a good thing they all have a safe home to-night, she thought," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come, Mary! called Peter, outside." }, { "from": "human", "value": "That dam is swaying like a tree-top, and it will go over any minute." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Get past the willows quick! called the men." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let everybody who is not needed hurry up the road!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's that?" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's pretty strong! said the watchman." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I expected to hear it crash an hour ago!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "There she goes!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is she going?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'll go up to the pipes, volunteered John." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And I can see from there." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's that?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Something lies across the dam!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "The big elm! they shouted." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It has saved the dam!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is safe now! exclaimed Uncle Daniel in surprise." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It was the tree we heard crash against the bank. The storm is broken at last, and that tree will hold where it is stuck until the force goes down. Then we can open the gates." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We must never have this risk again, said Mr. Mason to Uncle Daniel." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When the water goes down we will open the gates, then the next dry spell that comes when there is little water in the pond we will break that dam and let the water run through in a stream. If the mill people want water power they will have to get it some place where it will not endanger lives." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hey, Bert and Harry! called Tom Mason, as he and Jack Hopkins ran past the Bobbsey place on their way to see the dam." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Come on down and see the flood." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Did the dam burst?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Look at this," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look! exclaimed Jack;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Or get a boat, said Tom." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Let's go back to the turn and see if there's a boat tied anywhere." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Here's Herolds'," }, { "from": "human", "value": "We'll just borrow that," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All get in, and I'll push off," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Think of rowing a boat in the middle of a street, said Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's the way they do in Naples, he added," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "What an immense tree!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's what saved the dam! said Harry." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now Mrs. Burns can come back home again." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But look there! called Tom." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There goes Peter Burns' chicken house." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The chickens! called Jack, as they ran along." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Get the boat, Harry, and we can save some." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "We can never catch any of the chickens, said Harry." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We ought to have a rope and pull the house in." }, { "from": "human", "value": "A rope, called Tom to the crowd on the shore." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Throw us a rope!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Push up closer," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Good! cried the people on the edge." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "One is safe, anyhow!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hurrah! hurrah!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't pull too hard! called the men to the boys." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You'll upset your boat." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Throw the line to us," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now we'll have a tug of war," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Wait for us! cried the boys in the boat" }, { "from": "human", "value": "We want to have a pull at that." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now, said Uncle Daniel, as the boys reached the shore and secured their boat," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All pull now!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "We may as well finish the job, said Mr. Mason." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tom, go hitch Sable up to the cart and we'll bring the henhouse back where it belongs." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "You had better put it up on the hill this time, Peter told them." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The water isn't gone down yet." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mildred Manners was over to the camp yesterday, Nan told her mother," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, that would be nice for all you little girls to do, said Mrs. Bobbsey." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Suppose you start a sewing school, and all see what you can make!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, that would be lovely! exclaimed Nan." }, { "from": "human", "value": "When can we start?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "As soon as we get the materials, the mother replied." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We will ask Aunt Sarah to drive over to the camp this afternoon; then we can see what the children need." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Can I go?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I guess so, said Mrs. Bobbsey." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If we take the depot wagon there will be room for you and Freddie." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "What a queer place it is!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hush, said Nan;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, these are war-camps! exclaimed Freddie when he saw the white tents." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They're just like the war-pictures in my story book!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, it was your boys who brought us all that money from the circus? said the woman." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's why we have all the extra children here--the circus money has paid for them, and they are to have two weeks on this beautiful mountain." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm glad the boys were able to help, said Mrs. Bobbsey." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It really was quite a circus." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It must have been, when they made so much money," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And we are going to help now, spoke up Nan." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We are starting a sewing school." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, I'm so glad somebody has thought of clothes, said the matron." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We often get gifts of food, but we need clothes so badly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There is no sickness?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No; we cannot take sick children here now, said the matron." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We had some early in the season, but this is such a fine place for romping we decided to keep this camp for the healthy children and have another for those who are sick." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where do you lib?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "At Uncle Daniel's, Freddie answered." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Where do you live?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "With mamma, replied the little boy. Then he stopped a minute." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, no; I don't live with mamma now, he corrected himself," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Can I come over and play with you? asked the boy." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What's your name?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "His name is Freddie and mine is Flossie, said the latter." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What is your name?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mine is Edward Brooks, said the little stranger," }, { "from": "human", "value": "No, replied Flossie." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I suppose that's a pet name because your hair is that color." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Is it? said the boy, tossing his sunny curls around." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Maybe that's why!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Guess it is, said Freddie." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But will Mrs. Man let you come over to our house?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Mrs. Manily, you mean, said Sandy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll just go and ask her." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Isn't he cute!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm going to ask mamma if we can bring him home, declared Freddie." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He could sleep in my bed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "This is where we eat," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "You ought to see our poor children eat, remarked the matron." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have just as much as we can do to serve them, they have such good appetites from the country air." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We must send you some fresh vegetables, said Aunt Sarah," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We would be very grateful, replied Mrs Manily," }, { "from": "human", "value": "We have a little boys' brigade, said the matron," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Who is the captain?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, we appoint a new captain each week from the very best boys we have. We only let a very good boy be captain," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "How old are your babies?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sandy is our baby! replied the matrons patting the little boy fondly," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Freddie is four also, said Mrs. Bobbsey." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What a dear sweet child Sandy is!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, said Mrs. Manily," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No mother and no home! exclaimed Mrs. Bobbsey." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Dear little fellow! Think of our Freddie being alone in the world like that!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you know my mamma?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Mrs. Manily is your mamma, isn't she?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, she's my number two mamma, but I mean number one that used to sleep with me." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Come now, Sandy, laughed Mrs. Manily." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Didn't you tell me last night I was the best mamma in the whole world?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "So you are, he laughed, forgetting all his loneliness now." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When I get to be a big man I'm goin' to take you out carriage riding." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can't Sandy cone home with us? asked Freddie." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He can sleep in my bed." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You are very good, said the matron." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But we cannot let any of our children go visiting without special permission from the Society." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, said Aunt Sarah," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The managers have asked us to look for a few private homes that could accommodate some special cases, replied Mrs. Manily," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, let him come now, pleaded Freddie, as Sandy held tight to his hand." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "See, we have room in the wagon." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, he might have a ride," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "We can bring our lunch, said Mildred," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "You certainly have a lovely place here, said Mrs. Bobbsey, as they got ready to leave," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't go to school," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, I go to night school, said the little girl." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But in the daytime I have to work." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Why, how old are you?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Twelve," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Working at twelve years of age! exclaimed Mrs. Bobbsey in surprise." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What do you do?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm a cash-girl in a big store," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I thought all children had to go to school," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "So they do, replied the matron," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I think it's a shame! said the mother." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That child is not much larger than Nan, and to think of her working in a big store all day, then having to work at night school too!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "It does not seem right! admitted the matron;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We will drive back with Sandy," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can't Nellie come too? asked Nan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There is plenty of room." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I was never in a carriage before in all my life, said Nellie suddenly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Isn't it grand!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Never!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, said Nellie." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I've had lots of rides in trolley cars, and we had a ride in a farm wagon the other day, but this is the first time I have ever been in a carriage." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "We will stop and have some soda at the postoffice," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is the best fun I've had! declared the little cash-girl, allowing how grateful she was." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And I hope you'll come and see us again," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, we intend to, said Mildred." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You know, we are going to have a sewing school to make aprons for the little ones at the camp." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now be sure to come, Sandy, called Freddie," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I'll let you play with Snoop and my playthings, Freddie called again." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Good-bye." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Good-bye," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let's get Mabel and all the others, said Nan to Mildred." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We ought to take at least six gingham aprons and three nightgowns over to the camp." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Be sure to bring your thimbles and needles, Nan told them." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And come at two o'clock this afternoon." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now, young ladies, said Mrs. Bobbsey," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now these are the sleeves, said Aunt Sarah," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Isn't it lively to work this way? said Mildred." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It isn't a bit of trouble, and see how quickly we get done." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Many hands make light work, replied Mrs. Bobbsey." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I guess we will get all the aprons finished this afternoon." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll cut the buttonholes, said Mrs. Bobbsey," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I believe I could make an apron all alone now, said Nan," }, { "from": "human", "value": "So could I, declared Mildred." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It isn't hard at all." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, here's my patterns, spoke up Freddie, who with Flossie had been busy over in the corner cutting" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, they're paper dolls, said Flossie, who was standing them all up in a row," }, { "from": "human", "value": "We have had such a lovely time, said Mabel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, you are welcome to come, said Aunt Sarah." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We will make night dresses for the poor little ones next week, then after that you might all bring your own work, mending, fancywork or tidies, whatever you have to do." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And we might each pay five cents to sew for the fresh-air children," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, all charity sewing classes have a fund, Mrs. Bobbsey remarked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That would be a good idea." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now let us fold up the aprons, said Nan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't they look pretty?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "When can we iron them out?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To-morrow afternoon, replied her mother." }, { "from": "human", "value": "The boys are going to pick vegetables in the morning, and we will drive over in the afternoon." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Country Gentleman." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Children can only eat very tender corn, said Uncle Daniel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We will have to take the long wagon," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Be sure to bring Sandy back with you, called Freddie, who did not go to the camp this time." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tell him I'll let him be my twin brother." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I knowed you would come to take me to Freddie, cried he," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mrs. Manily was called away by sickness in her family, explained the new matron," }, { "from": "human", "value": "He was so fond of Mrs. Manily, said Aunt Sarah," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, Mrs. Manily spoke of that, said the matron," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, that will be lovely!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Freddie told us to be sure to bring you back with us." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I am so glad to get these things, the matron said to Aunt Sarah, as she took the aprons," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "And Mrs. Manily has written an account of your circus," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is she very sick?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes indeed, the other replied." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But the doctor will soon cure her, I think." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The child is too young to work so hard, Aunt Sarah declared." }, { "from": "human", "value": "It is no wonder her health breaks down at the slightest cause, when she has no strength laid away to fight sickness." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Get app, Bill!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't slap him with the reins! called Harry, who was now running down the hill as hard as he could after the wagon." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Pull on the reins!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "He'll drive in the brook, called Bert in alarm also rushing after the runaway." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Whoa, Bill! whoa, Bill!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Quick, Harry! yelled Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You'll get him in a minute." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I'm so afraid he'll go in the pond!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bill would sit down first," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh! oh! oh!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Whoa, Bill!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Can't I drive?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You certainly made Bill go," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And you gave us a good run too," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bill knew ma meant it when she said whoa! Harry remarked to Bert." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I tell you, he stopped just in time, for a few feet further would have sunk horse, wagon, and all in the swamp." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'll all get in this time, laughed Aunt Sarah to the matron." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I'll send the boys over Sunday to let you know how Sandy is." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, he will be all right with Freddie! Bert said, patting the little stranger on the shoulders." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We will take good care of him." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hurrah! hurrah! shouted Freddie, when the wagon turned in the drive." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I knowed you would come, Sandy!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "How long can you stay?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't know," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Maybe you could go to the seashore with us, Freddie ventured." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We are only going to stay in the country this month." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Maybe I could go, lisped Sandy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And you know the big girl, Nellie, who always curled my hair without pulling it,--she's gone away too, so maybe I'm your brother now," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Course you are! spoke up Freddie manfully, throwing his arms around the other," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're my twin brother too, 'cause that's the realest kind. We are all twins, you know--Nan and Bert, and Flossie and me and you!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's my twin brother, Uncle Daniel, Freddie insisted." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't you think he's just like me curls and all?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "He is certainly a fine little chap! the uncle replied, meaning every word of it," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Granny will eat from your hand, exclaimed Uncle Daniel," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You see, she is just like granite-gray stone, but we call her Granny for short." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, she's a pretty chicken! he said, stroking Granny as he would a kitten." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I dust love chitens, he added, sitting right down on the sandy ground to let Granny come up on his lap. There was so much to see in the poultry yard that Sandy, Freddie, and Uncle Daniel lingered there until Martha appeared at the back door and rang the big dinner bell in a way that meant," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Hurry up! something will get cold if you don't." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is it a party?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, I guess so, ventured Freddie;" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "I guess I'll just live here," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I guess you better! Freddie agreed," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Lots, replied Sandy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and he looked sad as his big blue eyes turned around and blinked to keep back some tears." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I dust love Mrs. Manily, Freddie; don't you?" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sometimes I'm afraid in the bed tent over there, said Sandy to Freddie." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mosquito netting, corrected Freddie." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I would be afraid to sleep outdoors that way too. 'Cause maybe there's snakes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There sure is, declared the other little fellow, cuddling up closer to Freddie." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, there ain't no snakes around here, declared Freddie," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why should that little darling be left alone over in the dark tent! she thought." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "See how happy he is with our own dear son Freddie." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "There it is again! screamed Flossie." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, mamma, mamma, come in my room quick!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "We're all right, whispered the brave little Freddie." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's only the girls that's hollering." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Someone's playing the piano," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's a crazy burglar, and he never saw a piano before," }, { "from": "human", "value": "There it is again," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It must be cats! exclaimed Uncle Daniel." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Harry, come down here and help light up, and we'll solve this mystery." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where is Snoop?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It wasn't the cats," }, { "from": "human", "value": "What could it be?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It certainly was the piano," }, { "from": "human", "value": "And sounded like a cat serenade," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, she isn't around here, laughed Uncle Daniel," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dat sure is a ghost, whispered Dinah to Martha in the hall above." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ghosts always lub music," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ghosts nothin', replied Martha indignantly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I dusted every key of the piano to-day, and I guess I could smell a ghost about as quick as anybody." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I don't see that we can do any good by sitting around here, remarked Uncle Dan to the boys, after the lapse of some minutes." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We may as well put out the lights and get into bed again." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I cannot see what it could be!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Neither can we! agreed Uncle Daniel." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Maybe our piano has one of those self-playing tricks, and somebody wound it up by accident." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hush! keep quiet! whispered Uncle Daniel." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'll get it this time, whatever it is!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There he is!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "There he is in the corner!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "We've got him' We've got him!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is he dead?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "As a door-nail!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What is it?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "A big gray rat," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought it might be that," }, { "from": "human", "value": "So did I, declared Nan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But I wasn't sure." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I thought it was a big black burglar," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought it was a policeman, faltered Sandy." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I thought, sure's yo' life, it was a real ghost, laughed Dinah." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He must have come in from the fields where John has been plowing. Like a cat in a strange garret, he didn't know what to do in a parlor," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, there's something like seeds on the keys!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, I have it! exclaimed Bert." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nan left her hat on the piano last night, and it has those funny straw flowers on it. See, the rat got some of them off and they dropped on the keys." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And the other time he came for the cake," }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's it, declared Uncle Daniel," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sandy has to go back! Nan whispered to Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "His own father in the city has sent for him, but mamma says not to say anything to Sandy or Freddie--they might worry. Aunt Sarah will drive over and bring Sandy, then they can fix it. I'm so sorry he has to go away." }, { "from": "human", "value": "So am I, answered Nan's twin." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't see why they can't let the little fellow alone when he is happy with us." }, { "from": "human", "value": "But it's his own father, you know, and something about a rich aunt. Maybe she is going to adopt Sandy." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We ought to adopt him; he's all right with us, Bert grumbled." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What did his rich aunt let him cry his eyes out for if she cared anything for him?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Maybe she didn't know about him then, Nan considered." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm sure everybody would have to love Sandy." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "We are going over to see Mrs. Manily today, Sandy, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Won't you be awfully glad to see your own dear Mamma Manily again?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yep, he faltered, getting a better hold on Freddie's hand," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, I am sure you will come to see us again, Mrs. Bobbsey declared." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Maybe you can come to Lakeport when we go home in the fall." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, I'm comin' back here, he insisted," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, we must get ready now, said Mrs. Bobbsey." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "John has gone to bring the wagon." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "You see, Mrs. Manily explained to Mrs. Bobbsey," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope you can keep track of him, answered Mrs. Bobbsey," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, I'm comin' beck--to-morrow. I won't stay in the city. I'll just run away and come back." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How lonely it seems, said Nan that afternoon." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Sandy was so jolly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, said Uncle Daniel next day," }, { "from": "human", "value": "We'll take the red astrachans and sheepnoses to-day, John said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Those trees over there are loaded, you see. Then there are the orange apples in the next row; they make good cider." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Old Bennett who runs the mill is a queer chap, Harry told Bert going over;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I like old soldiers, Bert declared;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Here we are," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Hello, Ben, they called out together," }, { "from": "human", "value": "So much the better, said the old soldier;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There's nothing like work to keep a fellow young." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, you see, went on John," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How much have you got there?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "About a barrel, I guess, answered John" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Could you run them through for us this morning?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Certainly, certainly! replied the others." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Just haul them on, and we'll set to work as quick as we did that morning at Harper's Ferry. Who is this lad?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "My cousin from the city, said Harry," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Bert's his name." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Glad to see you, Bert, glad to see you! and the old soldier shook hands warmly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When they call you out, son, just tell them you knew Ben Bennett of the Sixth Massachusetts. And they'll give you a good gun," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "We'll feed them in the hopper, said John," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "All right, all right, my lad; you can fire the first volley if you've a mind to," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Where does the cider come from?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We haven't come to that yet, Harry replied;" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Fine juicy apples, remarked Ben." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Don't know but it's just as well to make cider now when you have a crop like this." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Father thought so, Harry added, putting in the last scoop of sheepnoses." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If it turns to vinegar we can use it for pickles this fall." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now the boys can turn," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, there she comes! cried Bert, as the juice began to ooze out in the tub." }, { "from": "human", "value": "That's cider, all right! I smell it." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Fine and sweet too," }, { "from": "human", "value": "But I don't want you young fellows to do all my work." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Oh, this is fun," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "I think I'll try to get a horse this fall when my next pension comes due, said old Ben," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm a little stiff to run around with that handle like you young lads, and sometimes I'm full of rheumatism too." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Father said he would sell our Bill very cheap if he wasn't put at hard work," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have had him so long we don't want to see him put to a plow or anything heavy, but I should think this would be quite easy for him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Just the thing for a worn-out war-horse like myself, answered Ben, much interested." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tell your father not to think of selling Bill till I get a chance to see him. I won't have my pension money for two months yet, but I might make a deposit if any more work comes in." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, that would be all right, spoke up John." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mr. Bobbsey would not be afraid to trust you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There now! exclaimed Ben;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I guess you've got all the juice out. John, you can fill it in your keg, I suppose, since you have been so good as to do all the rest. Will you try it, boys?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, we would like to, Ben," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It's a little warm to make cider in July," }, { "from": "human", "value": "There's a cup, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Think of us drinking out of that cup, reflected Bert." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Why, it's a war relic!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How's the cider?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Couldn't be better, said Harry." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I guess the cup helps the flavor." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, a soldier has two lives, he declared." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The one under fire and the other here," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'll tell father about Bill, said Harry." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm sure he will save him for you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "All right, sonny--thank you, thank you! Good-bye, lads; come again, and maybe some day I'll give you the war cup!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That would be a relic! exclaimed Harry." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I guess father will give him Bill for nothing, for we always do what we can for old soldiers." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I never saw cider made before, remarked Bert," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Glad you did, said John," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "The men are going to clean the well, Harry told the others," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Can we go?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nan will have to take charge of you and Flossie, said Mrs. Bobbsey," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "There they come," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now keep back, ordered Nan to the little ones." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You can see just as well from this big stone, and you will not be in any danger here." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, he'll get drownded!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, he won't, said Flossie." }, { "from": "human", "value": "He's a diver like's in my picture book." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Is he, Nan?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, he is one kind of a diver, the sister explained," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But he's away down in the water now, persisted Freddie." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Maybe he's dead." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "See, there he is up again," }, { "from": "human", "value": "He just went down to see how deep the water was, Bert called over." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now they are going to pump it out." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, let's sail boats!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't fall in, called Nan." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Freddie, look out for that deep hole in the gutter, where the tree fell down in the big flood." }, { "from": "human", "value": "without guiding her" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We can't sail boats in mud, declared Freddie with some impatience." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Let's go back and see what they're doing at the well." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We lost lots of things in there, remarked Tom Mason." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I bet they'll bring up some queer stuff." } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now the man in the well can see stars in the sky," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "But there are no stars in the sky," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh! yes there are, laughed the man at the well," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Hurrah! Our football!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And our baseball," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Peter Burns' dinner pail," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And somebody's old shoe!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, there's Nellie Prentice's rubber doll! exclaimed Harry." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "August and Ned were playing ball with it and let it fly in the well." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm sure Nellie will be glad to get this back, said Nan," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "That's old Hans Bruen's, declared Tom" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I remember the night he dropped it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Foolish Hans--to try to drink with a pipe like that in his mouth!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Johnnie Smoker" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look at this! he said to the boys' holding a beautiful gold watch." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ever hear of anyone losing a watch in the well?" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "And what do you think of this?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My beads! My lost beads! screamed Nan." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, how glad I am that you found them!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I thought I should never see these again, said Nan." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I must tell mamma of this!" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am going to fasten them on good and tight after this," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And there's a wedding ring!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Mrs. Burns lost that! chorused a number of the boys." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She felt dreadful over it too. She'll be tickled to get that back all right." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, here, said the man, turning to Harry." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I guess you're the biggest boy; I'll let you take that back to Mrs. Burns with my best wishes," }, { "from": "human", "value": "She was just delighted, Harry told the man, upon returning to the well." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She says Peter will send you over something for finding it." }, { "from": "human", "value": "No need, replied the other;" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now you people will have good water," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And are there really stars in the bottom of the well?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Not exactly, said the man," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "I've got a special delivery letter for you," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll take it upstairs and have your book signed," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That's from Aunt Emily, Bert told Harry when the messenger boy rode off again." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I guess we're going down to Ocean Cliff to visit there." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope you won't go very soon, replied Harry." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We've arranged a lot of ball matches next month. We're going to play the school nine first, then we're to play the boys at Cedarhurst and a picked nine from South Meadow Brook." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'd like first-rate to be here for the games, said Bert." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm a good batter." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You're the player we need then, for Jim Smith is a first-rate pitcher and we've got really a fine catcher in Tom Mason, but it's hard to get a fellow to hit the ball far enough to give us runs." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, Bert! called Nan, running out of the house." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That was an invitation for us to go to Aunt Emily's at the seashore. And Cousin Dorothy says we will have such a lovely time! But I'm sure we could never have a better time than we had here, Harry," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'll be awfully sorry to have you go, Nan, replied Harry." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have had so much fun all month. I'll just be dead lonesome, I'm sure," }, { "from": "human", "value": "There's no boy at Uncle William's; said Bert." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Of course Nan will have Dorothy, but I'll have to look around for a chum, I suppose." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, you'll find lots of boys at the beach, said Harry." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And to think of the fun at the ocean! Mother says we will go to the shore next summer." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I wish you were going with us," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Maybe you will come down for a day while we are there, suggested Nan." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Aunt Emily isn't just exactly your aunt, because she's mamma's sister, and it's papa who is Uncle Daniel's brother. But the Minturns, Aunt Emily's folks, you know, have been up here and are all like real cousins." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We're going away! exclaimed Freddie, joining the others just then." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Mamma says I can stick my toes in the water till the crabs bite me, but I'm going to have a fishhook and catch them first." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Are you going to take Snoop?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Yep, replied the youngster." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He knows how to go on trains now." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Dorothy has a pair of donkeys, Nan told them," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll be the driver, announced Freddie." }, { "from": "human", "value": "And I suppose you'll have a sailboat, Bert!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Not in the ocean," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Certainly not, said Bert;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, my dears, she said," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm going to give some of my books to Nettie, said Flossie," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes. Nettie has not many things to play with, agreed Nan," }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm going to get all my birds' nests together, said Bert," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I've got lovely pressed flowers to put on Christmas post-cards, said Nan." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I'm going to mount them on plain white cards with little verses written for each friend. Won't that be pretty?" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "John gave me this, cried Freddie, pulling a great big pumpkin in his express wagon down to the house." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And I'm going to bring it to Aunt Emily." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, how could we bring that!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In the trunk, of course," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, I have to carry a box of ferns, said Flossie;" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm going to take them for the porch. There are no ferns around the salt water, mamma says." }, { "from": "human", "value": "We had better go and invite the girls for this afternoon," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And we must look after the boys," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "We all hope you will come again next year, said Mildred Manners." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have had such a lovely time this summer. And I brought you this little handkerchief to remember me by." }, { "from": "human", "value": "There is something to remember me by," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "We'll fatten him up for Christmas," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "No, you won't! snapped Freddie." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I are going to have a little house for him and a lake, and a boat--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Are you going to teach him to row?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Well, he can swim better than--than--" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "August Stout," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now this is your Jack Horner pie, said Mrs. Bobbsey," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nettle has number one, said Nan;" } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Give us a tune!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Mildred next," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "But they're not candy," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, we are going to let you and Flossie put your thumbs in the pie, said his mamma," } ]

[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oh, isn't it sweet!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Can't I put in two fingers?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "No; only one!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Open it!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "I can tell time!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "What time is it, then?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Four o'clock! he said at last, and he was only twenty minutes out of the way. The watch was the kind little boys use first, with very plain figures on it, and it was quite certain before Freddie paid his next visit to Uncle Daniel's he would have learned how to tell time exactly on his first" } ]